Quotes About Inspiration

Those emotions that are really strong, the ones that inspire a song, you can hold onto that. You can let it marinate for years and keep writing about it even better than you did then.

What works for me in 'Indiana Jones' is the fact that I can project myself onto the character. Maybe if I was cool enough, I could do what he does. But I can't do that if the story breaks the rules of reality in too large of a degree.

As a kid, I always loved Mel Brooks' stuff - 'The 2,000 Year Old Man' record was something my dad put me onto.

I loved music before I stumbled onto acting.

You might not have the biggest budget or resources or cast, but if you have a great story, people will latch onto it.

Every time I step onto the field, I think of my parents. It's such an honor to represent them and my family.

I got really into art at school and then went onto art college in California.

I feel like Black Thought is a name that has so much meaning and depth, not only to me but to my fans, that it's something that I wanted to hold onto a little bit tighter.

Ever up and onward.

I was a stage-struck child from about 5 years onward.

My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.

I listen to different artists. I open my mind to different artists.

All I can do is do my part and keep trying to open up eyes with what I did on the football field, what I did in my career. Just go out there and try to compete and shock a couple more people.

I've always found myself to be most free and creatively open when I'm on my own.

I think I was 10 or 11 years old. I think the first song I learned about then was 'Open Arms.' Then, when I got tired of listening to 'Open Arms,' I borrowed my friend's Journey album, 'Escape,' and tried to listen to every song.

There's an open door now more than ever to be making any type of beats that you want.

I want to have the kind of career in which I'm accomplished and respected enough that I'm able to open doors for other people, especially those who look like me. That's what happiness and success could look like for me.

I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.

We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls.

You need somebody to open your eyes, to tell you there's things that you can do, and I had that person in Brian Marwood. I think if I'm where I am today, it's because of him.

I'm constantly trying to grow as a musician, so when I listen to different things, I'm like, 'That'd be cool to do something like that,' and I try to keep myself open-minded.

A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.

I think I have a gift, but I haven't really opened that gift yet and given it to myself.

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.